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How We Meet a Brand Matters

written on February 9th, 2009 by Zach Braiker

shoes in NY by Tom Parrott on Flickr

(Image: shoes in NY by Tom Parrott on Flickr)

My experience of brands has been deeply informed by people.
I am going to list 5 brands.
Visualize a person you know that loves the brand.

Ready?

  • Converse
  • Ben & Jerry’s
  • Abercrombie & Fitch
  • Banana Republic
  • Trader Joe’s

When I buy products from these stores, I think of the people they remind me of.
What if different people introduced me to these brands?
My perception would have been different.

How does a brand break free from associations of people who introduce us to it?  And how does a brand leverage this?

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Zach Braiker

This blog analyzes where social media culture and business converge. Zach Braiker is the CEO of Refine & Focus a social media agency and an adjunct professor of social media at Emerson College.

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